Project Overview:In this five-week workshop, students will examine the planning, constructing, and interpreting of Auguste Bartholdi's colossal "Statue of Liberty Enlightening the World."Through their participation, the students will learn a variety of fundamental research skills that will assist them in their future school work as well as prepare them for later historical research workshops with the Center for Academic Excellence.The students' final projects will be presented in expository essays and accompanying graphics on a timeline hosted by Xtimeline.com.
Framing Questions for Ken Burns's "Statue of Liberty":
What is the signficance of the Statue of Liberty? Why is it important?
What are some of the answers given to the question, "What is liberty?" In what ways are the answers similar? In what ways are they different?
How do the answers given in the documentary compare to those developed by your group? What do these similarities/differences tell you about the meaning of liberty?
Remember to include specific information from the documentary to support your statements!
Project Overview: In this five-week workshop, students will examine the planning, constructing, and interpreting of Auguste Bartholdi's colossal "Statue of Liberty Enlightening the World." Through their participation, the students will learn a variety of fundamental research skills that will assist them in their future school work as well as prepare them for later historical research workshops with the Center for Academic Excellence. The students' final projects will be presented in expository essays and accompanying graphics on a timeline hosted by Xtimeline.com.
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Framing Questions for Ken Burns's "Statue of Liberty":
Remember to include specific information from the documentary to support your statements!
Research Project Topics:
The French-American Union & the Statue of Liberty
Frederic Auguste Bartholdi & the Statue of Liberty
Alexandre Gustave Eiffel & the Statue's Internal Skeletal System
The Challenge of Erecting the Statue of Liberty
The Statue of Liberty--Immigration Icon
The Statue of Liberty--Wartime Icon
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